Ghost Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Looks like QPR are going to offer Tal Ben Haim a 6 month contract to help them stay up. And Derek Boateng is supposedly set to have a medical at Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Holtby to Spurs confirmed.. cracking signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Spurs sign Holtby, will Join in the summer when his Contract is up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Tal Ben Haim is still around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted January 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 4, 2013 Lewis Holtby on a free is a great deal for Spurs. Schalke won't be happy, I imagine. This pleases me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Pato leaves Milan for Corinthians. It wasnt that long ago that Pato looked like he was going to be Brazil's star player for the next decade. Then he turned out to be more injury prone than Darren Anderton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 It seems a trend atm for the Brazilian players to make the move back home in the lead up to the 2014 WC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Llorente to Juventus looks a possibility. Juve have to be in the mix for CL glory with him added to their team. its a Bosman so will be next season though I dont see him fitting into Juventus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted January 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 4, 2013 Aren't they looking to bring him in sooner? I imagine that Athletic would like him off the wage bill so would probably not expect a fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Giuseppe Rossi to Fiorentina for circa £10m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted January 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 4, 2013 That's a cracking signing if he can get back to anything like the form he was in before his injuries. I hope he can - he was a brilliant player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted January 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 4, 2013 There's an interesting dispute developing between Man United and Spurs over the latter signing Zeki Fryers. Apparently they had him on trial at the end of last season, when he was out of contract at United, but if they were to sign him they would have had to pay a fee, which would have been set at a tribunal if it couldn't be agreed. Tottenham said that they couldn't afford him - the figure mooted is £5-6m - and he instead went to Standard, who only had to pay £250,000 in compensation as it's much less when players don't move to other Premier League teams. Ferguson claims that he predicted at the time that Fryers would move to Spurs in January, and that's what has now happened - for a fee of just £900k. Standard make a profit, Spurs get their man for much less than they would have done otherwise, and United lose out. Ferguson has now called for the transfer to be blocked and an investigation to take place, claiming that there may be evidence that it was planned in the form of mobile phone records and that the deal has "Daniel Levy's fingerprints all over it". United are seeking legal advice to determine whether or not Spurs have broken the rules. Spurs have claimed that they have acted legitimately, and made their move for Fryers as they became aware of his availability due to Standard's new manager not incorporating him into his plans, and that he was also homesick. United will receive 5% of the fee Spurs have paid, as part of FIFA's 'solidarity contribution mechanism', but I'm sure that will seem like a kick in the teeth at Old Trafford! I expect that the move will still go ahead, but Ferguson is clearly annoyed with the issue and it'll be difficult for the Premier League to ignore him and Manchester United if they continue to kick up a fuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 David Villa to Arsenal apparently for £13-15m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted January 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 4, 2013 Where are you reading that? It seems that they have made an approach but so far Barça have said that he won't be going anywhere. I'd be surprised if they did let him go in this transfer window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 (edited) Arsenal spending that kind of money on a 31 year old who has been seriously injured for a year? Seems awfully out of character. There's an interesting dispute developing between Man United and Spurs over the latter signing Zeki Fryers. Apparently they had him on trial at the end of last season, when he was out of contract at United, but if they were to sign him they would have had to pay a fee, which would have been set at a tribunal if it couldn't be agreed. Tottenham said that they couldn't afford him - the figure mooted is £5-6m - and he instead went to Standard, who only had to pay £250,000 in compensation as it's much less when players don't move to other Premier League teams. Ferguson claims that he predicted at the time that Fryers would move to Spurs in January, and that's what has now happened - for a fee of just £900k. Standard make a profit, Spurs get their man for much less than they would have done otherwise, and United lose out. Ferguson has now called for the transfer to be blocked and an investigation to take place, claiming that there may be evidence that it was planned in the form of mobile phone records and that the deal has "Daniel Levy's fingerprints all over it". United are seeking legal advice to determine whether or not Spurs have broken the rules. Spurs have claimed that they have acted legitimately, and made their move for Fryers as they became aware of his availability due to Standard's new manager not incorporating him into his plans, and that he was also homesick. United will receive 5% of the fee Spurs have paid, as part of FIFA's 'solidarity contribution mechanism', but I'm sure that will seem like a kick in the teeth at Old Trafford! I expect that the move will still go ahead, but Ferguson is clearly annoyed with the issue and it'll be difficult for the Premier League to ignore him and Manchester United if they continue to kick up a fuss. Interesting little deal. Not the first time it has happened either, remember when Boumsong joined Newcastle for £8m six months after signing for Rangers on a free? Then they sold him to Juventus for about £3m after one season. Something stunk there. I'm fairly sure that a lot of Slavic players made their way into Italian football via short stints at "friendly" clubs who were happy to take a cut of a much smaller fee back in the 1990s. Edited January 4, 2013 by The_Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted January 4, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 4, 2013 Indeed it does - big wages, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Quite funny to see Fergie get irate at Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted January 4, 2013 Moderator Share Posted January 4, 2013 There's an interesting dispute developing between Man United and Spurs over the latter signing Zeki Fryers. Apparently they had him on trial at the end of last season, when he was out of contract at United, but if they were to sign him they would have had to pay a fee, which would have been set at a tribunal if it couldn't be agreed. Tottenham said that they couldn't afford him - the figure mooted is £5-6m - and he instead went to Standard, who only had to pay £250,000 in compensation as it's much less when players don't move to other Premier League teams. Ferguson claims that he predicted at the time that Fryers would move to Spurs in January, and that's what has now happened - for a fee of just £900k. Standard make a profit, Spurs get their man for much less than they would have done otherwise, and United lose out. Ferguson has now called for the transfer to be blocked and an investigation to take place, claiming that there may be evidence that it was planned in the form of mobile phone records and that the deal has "Daniel Levy's fingerprints all over it". United are seeking legal advice to determine whether or not Spurs have broken the rules. Spurs have claimed that they have acted legitimately, and made their move for Fryers as they became aware of his availability due to Standard's new manager not incorporating him into his plans, and that he was also homesick. United will receive 5% of the fee Spurs have paid, as part of FIFA's 'solidarity contribution mechanism', but I'm sure that will seem like a kick in the teeth at Old Trafford! I expect that the move will still go ahead, but Ferguson is clearly annoyed with the issue and it'll be difficult for the Premier League to ignore him and Manchester United if they continue to kick up a fuss. Interesting... Didn't something like this happen before with United pulling a similar trick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Interesting... Didn't something like this happen before with United pulling a similar trick? Wasnt the Jon obi mikel transfer something like that? And utd won meaning Chelsea had to pay a fortune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 (edited) I think mikel was different as he signed for utd then decided he wanted to play for Chelsea and managed to wriggle out of his utd deal (iirc) Edited January 5, 2013 by Tamuff_Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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